The trial in journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder case is set to start on May 27, prosecution lawyer S Balan told Press Trust of India. Balan said the trial was delayed due to multiple petitions filed after the accused engaged more than 60 lawyers.
Lankesh, who was the editor of Kannada weekly Lankesh Patrike, was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle outside her residence on September 5, 2017. The case will be heard by a special court for Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act 2000, Times of India reported.
